diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 6c784f3ef8d..c206a4b520f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "com.lagradost.cloudstream3"
-        minSdk = libs.versions.minSdk.get().toInt()
+        minSdk = 28
         targetSdk = libs.versions.targetSdk.get().toInt()
         versionCode = libs.versions.versionCode.get().toInt()
         versionName = libs.versions.versionName.get()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
index 90583011d19..8554cd71741 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences
 import android.content.res.ColorStateList
 import android.content.res.Configuration
 import android.graphics.Rect
+import android.os.Build
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.util.AttributeSet
 import android.util.Log
@@ -1178,6 +1179,9 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener, BiometricCa
     }
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
+            throw UnsupportedOperationException("Nuh uh")
+        }
         app.initClient(this, ignoreSSL = false)
         @OptIn(UnsafeSSL::class)
         insecureApp.initClient(this, ignoreSSL = true)
diff --git a/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainAPI.kt b/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainAPI.kt
index 4a9e0b10aac..4966dca007c 100644
--- a/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainAPI.kt
+++ b/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainAPI.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 package com.lagradost.cloudstream3
 
+import android.os.Build
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAutoDetect
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
@@ -438,6 +439,11 @@ fun newHomePageResponse(
     list: List<SearchResponse>,
     hasNext: Boolean? = null,
 ): HomePageResponse {
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
+        return HomePageResponse(listOf(), hasNext = false)
+    }
+
     @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
     return HomePageResponse(
         listOf(HomePageList(name, list)),
@@ -450,6 +456,11 @@ fun newHomePageResponse(
     list: List<SearchResponse>,
     hasNext: Boolean? = null,
 ): HomePageResponse {
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
+        return HomePageResponse(listOf(), hasNext = false)
+    }
+
     @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
     return HomePageResponse(
         listOf(HomePageList(data.name, list, data.horizontalImages)),
@@ -458,11 +469,21 @@ fun newHomePageResponse(
 }
 
 fun newHomePageResponse(list: HomePageList, hasNext: Boolean? = null): HomePageResponse {
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
+        return HomePageResponse(listOf(), hasNext = false)
+    }
+
     @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
     return HomePageResponse(listOf(list), hasNext = hasNext ?: list.list.isNotEmpty())
 }
 
 fun newHomePageResponse(list: List<HomePageList>, hasNext: Boolean? = null): HomePageResponse {
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
+        return HomePageResponse(listOf(), hasNext = false)
+    }
+
     @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
     return HomePageResponse(list, hasNext = hasNext ?: list.any { it.list.isNotEmpty() })
 }
@@ -471,6 +492,11 @@ fun newSearchResponseList(
     list: List<SearchResponse>,
     hasNext: Boolean? = null,
 ): SearchResponseList {
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
+        return SearchResponseList(listOf(), hasNext = false)
+    }
+
     @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
     return SearchResponseList(
         list,